CREAM OF TOMATO BASIL SOUP

I USED CANNED TOMATOES FROM MY GOD-MOTHERS GARDEN, (THANKS AUNTIE GAIL).

CLASSIC MIRE POIX. ONCE THE MIRE POIX IS SOFT ADD A BIT OF BUTTER AND FLOUR AND WISK THAT IN.THROW IN S&P, DRIED THYME AND BASIL. ADD IN TOMATOES AND CHICKEN STOCK. SIMMER, SIMMER, SIMMER THEN WISK IN SOME CONDENSED MILK OR HEAVY CREAM. PUREÉ WITH A HANDFULL OF FRESH BASIL.

SERVE IT UP AND TOP WITH FRESH BASIL.